Dr. Offner has over 25 years of experience in mental health, K–12, and higher education. She has served in schools and college counseling centers, taught psychology at the undergraduate and graduate level, and regularly presents on adolescent mental health, faculty well-being, and student life at regional and national conferences.

Her past roles include:

• Consulting Psychologist, Beacon Academy – a 14-month program supporting students from under-resourced communities (2018–2024)

• Dean of Students & Consulting Psychologist, The Commonwealth School (2003–2017)

• Counselor at Boston University, Boston College, and Emerson College

• Supervising Psychologist at Simmons University pre-doctoral intership program

Dr. Offner also teaches psychology courses at Boston-area colleges and supervises graduate students and school counselors in training.

She maintains a private clinical and consulting practice in Newton Centre, MA, and serves part-time as an Integrated Behavioral Health Specialist at Belmont Cambridge Health Care, a primary care pediatrics practice affiliated with Boston Children’s Hospital.

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, specialized training with children, adolescents, and adults in hospital, community, and college settings at Boston University

• BA in Psychology & Sociology, Wesleyan University

• Studies in Social Psychology, London School of Economics

• Advanced post-doctoral training in psychotherapy theory and technique at the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England (PINE)

• Volunteer Psychotherapist, A Home Within (Boston Chapter, 2010–2013)

  • Provided pro bono mental health care for children in foster care

• Consultant, The Florida Ruffin Ridley School (1998–2003)

  • Supported Kindergarten faculty as part of a grassroots mental health initiative in response to service cutbacks

• Parent Education Coordinator, The Rashi School (Dedham, MA)

  • Organized and led the school’s parent education speaker series